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If something does not happen to it I have bought my last boat. Always garaged unless fishing 2008 Lund 1725 Pro-guide 75 Yamaha tiller. Minnesota and Canada fishing

That looks like a commercial mackerel boat. Green Stick too?

That’s a nice slimer Chris C. What did he measure?

My 1994 Skeeter Walleye boat. Selling it as you read this.

Skeeter 17-foot, 135D, Suzuki 115hp 2-stroke, Hummingbird graphs, Minnkota power drive 12v bow mount.





New boat. Arrival date May 1. Vexus ADX 190. 175 Merc Pro XS, Humminbird electronics, Minnkota Ultrex 36v bow mount.

I can get you into one tomorrow!

Having owned some of each I’ve reached the conclusion that glass boats aren’t for me. Ditto for carpet. Too much mud and catfish slime and I get lazy about keeping it cleaned out, plus the shallow stickup and rock infested areas we like to fish.

Someday I would like to upgrade to about a 17’ deep vee with a 50-75 horse 4stroke tiller and good electronics. Bed liner interior and no paint or stickers on the outside to rough up.

For now we’re just happy to have rod holders for this season.

Yes it is and it's docked not far from you at the Venice Marina.

tongue in cheek, pools are holes you throw money into also.

48" Figured about 30 lbs. sent him back swimming

Your a lucky man to have such a fine captain.

Good size for what we use it for:

Did you ever run out of Leeville?

Braddocks Bay

When I was a kid, Dad would get the ski boat out of free company warehouse storage in April. We'd put it in at the High Cliff marina, run it over to our boat lift at the end of our dock, and use at our leisure all summer long. When October rolled around the process was reversed. Any service that was needed was done by Ed's boat shop.

If running a boat is more work than that, I'll pay to use someone elses.

"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not." From The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame.

Yep there are folks that prefer the lazy route for sure. even with vehicles I hear.

Griffin's in Leeville or Blanchard's in Grand isle has been our home port in Louisiana since the early 90's.

The day I brought it home in 2019. I replaced the floor and flotation last summer. Hoping to get some paint on it this year. It's older, but pretty unmolested. Not full of various old equipment mounting holes, etc, and the hull is solid. Definitely not fancy, but Ilike it so far.

Damn that's a big Northern. Wow